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My Publications
✌🏼A continuous evolving personal library of thought leadership articles and personal reflections for knowledge sharing purposes. And yeah, the occasional poetic verses.
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The True Digital Innovation
😔 I’m feeling a bit nostalgic about the days I use to train, it gave a sense of fulfillment that is hard to find anywhere else. The...
Faisal Alqethami
3 days ago2 min read
I Find it Ironic how some People Treat me Like a Kid
👴🏼 I find it ironic how some people treat me like a kid, even when I have white hair on my beard. Better yet how they assume that they...
Faisal Alqethami
Apr 301 min read
The Biggest Challenge to Collaboration is Culture
🤷🏻♂️ The biggest challenge to collaboration is people, and the culture that prevails in an organization. I feel a bit lost, most of...
Faisal Alqethami
Mar 182 min read
Life Goes On
🌋 With all the challenges life throws at you, one of the hardest to do is to calm yourself down. To find patience when you need it the...
Faisal Alqethami
Mar 142 min read
A Letter of Good Faith
💌 I believe one of the bridges to clashes in culture is a show of good faith, precedent with honesty and courage. To simply extend a...
Faisal Alqethami
Mar 111 min read
Cruel Innovation
☠️ Sometimes the innovation process is a sham, so many efforts and time gets wasted. Not in the greater scheme of things, but in the day...
Faisal Alqethami
Mar 92 min read
How both Simple and Complex Innovation Is
🏔️ I find it very interesting, what? You may ask. How both simple and complex innovation is. 🧬 On one side, the keys to the process is...
Faisal Alqethami
Mar 71 min read
The secret to Innovation is Impact
🤫 The secret to what we do is impact, and that keeps us going in both our professional careers and personal lives. How so? Impacting...
Faisal Alqethami
Mar 51 min read
Innovation Programs
Bootcamps, Accelerators, Incubators, Hackathons, Ideathons, Call them Marathons if you want, they all fall under the category of...
Faisal Q
Jan 132 min read
The top 5 challenges of building an innovation program, and how to overcome them.
You have to find a balance between design and execution, just like in life, everything comes at a cost. And at a value. One of the best...
Faisal Q
Jan 134 min read
The top 5 challenges of building an innovation program, and how to overcome them.
You have to find a balance between design and execution, just like in life, everything comes at a cost. And at a value. One of the best...
Faisal Q
Aug 27, 20224 min read
Innovation Programs
Bootcamps, Accelerators, Incubators, Hackathons, Ideathons, Call them Marathons if you want, they all fall under the category of...
Faisal Q
Aug 4, 20222 min read
How the lean writing framework is a great start to your creator journey.
🤦🏻♂️ So I’ve fell back into my habit of building by myself, realized it’s a mistake. Becoming a creator, similar to an entrepreneur,...
Faisal Q
Jul 1, 20221 min read
Innovation in Writing
Dealing with ideas in writing is kinda like dealing with ideas in innovation. I mean an idea is an idea, right? I’m starting to wonder if...
Faisal Q
Apr 10, 20222 min read
The Anchor of Innovation
Just like in good research endeavor, one needs an anchor person to bring him back when needed. ⚓️ An anchor of innovation is a person who...
Faisal Q
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Music & Innovation
🎧 I have been part of an underground music studio for more than 10 years, and these are innovation related inspirations I drew from the...
Faisal Q
Apr 9, 20222 min read
Miscommunication in Innovation
☠️ Miscommunication in innovation is a lethal factor that kills ideas, not because the idea isn’t good, rather because it gets...
Faisal Q
Apr 8, 20222 min read
The Underbelly of Innovation
The underbelly of innovation is community building, an epiphany that took me years to realize. In my early experiences, I was an...
Faisal Q
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Designing Innovation Programs, A Simple Practical Guide for Aspiring Innovation Managers
I have been designing innovation programs since 2017, and here is how I’ve always did it in a few simple steps. 🏛 The sub-levels and...
Faisal Q
Apr 5, 20222 min read
The Spirit of Innovation — Part 2
The spirit of innovation is collaboration, it takes courage, authenticity, and transparent communication. I have seen many organizations...
Faisal Q
Apr 3, 20221 min read
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